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W. (moss. IN'soLE.

Patented Dec. 29, 1891.

fbborng NITED STATES? PATENT OFFICE;

WELLINGTON oa'oss", ornui roi ivmtn; NEW wa msoLE;

srncrmcarromormm part of Letters PatentNo. 466,297, dated Decemlger 29, 189 1 Application filed October 15, 1891- Serial m5. 403,777. (Non odeL) v To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, WELLINGTON (Boss, of

' Fultonville, in the county of Montgomery and State of -NeW-York, have invented an Improved Article of Supplemental or Inner Soleto be Worn in Connection with Rubber Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

.7 ilt u-Tis well known-to those familiar with *fi eslr a ture. o and... r iein..nve shoes,

'T' i siifi'l'shdes arealmdst wholly made now of either rubber, or cloth and rubber combined,-

5 i C: and are mainly of twofashions as to-their got shapesvi-z., those fashioned or shaped with what are usually designated sunken heels and those" made without any heel projection- 13.12., after the fashion of an infants shoe or so well adapted to be Worn oyer'the usual heeled leather shoe or boot, can be very com ,fortably worn over the stockinged foot, itfol lows, as a necessity, that the shoe-dealer must carry a complete assortmentof each of the twospecies of overshoes alluded to, in order 1 that purchasers may be suited, as their wishes demand, with either a rubber or cloth and rubber foot-covering that is well adapted to be worn-only over the usual heeled leather {boot or shoe, or a rubber shoe that can be Worn comfortably over the stocking-ed foot,

"though not so well adapted as the sunkenheel, rubber shoe for use over the ordinary -s leather foot-wear.

' As 'is' also well'known to overshoe manufacturers and dealers, a'rubber overshoe is made and sold to some extent whichis formed with asolidheel, after the fashion of an ordinary highiheeledleather shoe, such solid-heel rubber'ffoot-wearv being especially designed for use over a fpot covered either with whatis' knOWn-tO'the trade a's'a felt boot, (116,, a f sort of stocking-like article .made of felt,) or

with: a German sock or other stocking.

' stockinged foot.

a supplemental sole 'fectly understand and rings, which form part- 1 I have so far practiced it. A v

Figure 1 isfla perspective rial covered over with or jacketed by anen-, velope of cloth, flannel, or othersnitable fab ric andadaptedlto he slipped within a shoe or bootis manufactured and us'ed'inlarge quantities; such supplemental soles (usually called, I believe, insoles) being used mostly in connection with overshoesto better adapt them for use comfortably over the'merely stockinged foot;

or interior heel-cavity ofthe sole no'support is afforded by heel end or portionfof the insole, nor to the heel of the merely stockinged foot of the person who; may attempt tense thesunken-heel I 'rubberor overshoe without firstpulling on a sunken-heel species such' overshoe .to either the Such insoles cannot,- ho'wgrandee ,s leeessfiu lly in connection with: that species of overshoe made with the sunkem heel,. since at the vicinity of the heel-socket high-heeled leather or under shoe. Hence it willsbe' seen quite a desideratum would be at-v tained to were some simple, economic, and at the same time perfeetlyeflieierit' means provided by which the wearers of sunken-heel overshoes could utilize their overshoes for wear with perfect comfort over 'themerely means by which this desirable end maybe attained is the object of myinvention, which To provide for, use the to this end and object may be said to consist in the improved article, of a heeled insole or nary insole) to be worn inside of av boot or shoe; but formed or provided with a heel projection adapted to fill up the heel-cavity of a sunken-heel overshoe, and when placed within such an overshoe make it fit for use with perfect comfort in'connection with themerely stockinged foot.

To enable those skilled inthe art to per, practice my invention,

I 'will now proceed tomore fully describe it,

referring by letters to the accompanying drawghe drawings,

view if an insole. or supplemental-overshoodesigned (like the ordi of this specification,-

I, V solemade according-to-vmy-invention Eigk 2 is a longitudinal centralseetiou of an ordinary sunken-heel rubber overshoe having ap plied to or combined with it one of my improved heeled insoles.

"'JA'is the upper, B the sole, and C the sunken heel, of a quite common'style of rubber or combined cloth and rubber overshoe of that species which is made with a heel-cavity for the reception or accommodation of the usual high heel of the ordinary leather boot or shoe over which said overshoe is designed to be worn, and is supposed to properly fit.

D is a supplemental or inner sole, which is made after the fashion of an article of manufacture which is now and has been for many years extensively made and used and known as an insole, except that itis formed orprovided, as shown at c, with a heel-piece or heelblock which corresponds substantially in shape and size exterior-1y with .the' interior form and dimensions of the heel-cavity of the rubber overshoe in connection with which it is designed to be used. As clearly shown at Fig. 2, this heeled inner sole or insole, when placed within the shoe, rests upon or fits over the sole 13 thereof, with its heel-block e'fitting loosely within the heel-cavity of the shoe, all

in such manner that when the thus combined boot or shoe.

It is proposed, of course, to supply the market or trade with the heeled insoles of diiferent sizes adapted to fit the various sizes and stylesot sunken-heel overshoes, and it will be understood that, with my improved insole on the market, purchasers of that species of overshoes just alluded to can, by a trifling additional outlay for the heeled insoles, provide themselves with the means for utilizing the overshoes for wear on the stocking-clad feet with perfect comfort, and thus gain great coinfort and convenience at a very trifling cost.

To a very numerous class of overshoe-wearers who use the sunken-heel rubber shoes, but who have heretofore been unable to wear such overshoes without always first putting on their leather boots or shoes, my invention will fill a long-felt want, since by the pur chase of the heeled insoles at a trifling expeuse (at a cost slightly greater than that of the ordinary insoles used now only in boots and shoes having -no heel-cavities) they can often with great advantage to themselves wear out the rubber shoes withoutputting on any leather or under shoes.

Having now so fully explained my inven- --tion that those skilled in the art can make my improved article, and anyone can use it, what claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, a

heeled insole adapted for use in connection with a sunken-heel overshoe, as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand this 8th day of October, 1891.

\VELLINGTON CROSS.

In presence ofl. A. SIMPSON, J. A. Caoss.

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